Glimp heeft de YAMA Young Audiences Music Awards 2015 gewonnen voor ‘beste productie van het jaar’ en ‘best small ensemble’. Uit het juryrapport: “A magical production for 2-4 year olds that integrates light and visuals in the most extraordinary way. Masterfully played, the performance maintains an exemplary balance between the music, its graphic elements and the interaction with the children Their primary role as excellent jazz musicians is never overshadowed by the visuals, rather, it gives the audience a new way to relate and explore a world of music and sounds.”

On September 11th, 12th and 13th 2015 I will play, together with the Swiss percussionists Fritz Hauser and Sylwia Zytynska, a project called “Das Schlagzeug im Schlagzeughaus”. In a specially constructed very small space at Basel Staatsarchiv, we will play a percussion improvisation based upon a short interview with the listeners. The room can only accommodate a maximum of five guests per mini concert of 25 minutes.Visitors sit just as close to the drums as the musician. Therefore every concert is unique and personal and of great intimacy. That will feel like a relief during these days that sometimes seem to be characterized by high-speed and anonymous experiences.

The works of the Irish author James Joyce are often thought to be impenetrable, which makes them all the more a challenge for an adventurous band of artists to stage them in rapid succinct transformations. In «Pure Joyce» an Irish singer, a Dutch percussionist and a Swiss actor engage in a search of a quintessential, pure, Joyce, in a triangular stage medley that seems to bring much into disarray while ultimately keeping close to the Joycean flavour.

At the end of 2005 I saw by chance a beautiful collection of the work of Helen Frik in her solo exhibition The Frik Collection at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. Her work was unknown to me and from the very first I was inspired to somehow turn these images into percussion music. Looking at the drawings I “heard” percussion sounds, and the colours, shapes and compositions resembled a graphic score. I decided to begin work on a CD.